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trouble

[truhb-uhl] / ˈtrʌb əl /








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If this was the way things were headed, New York was in trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

One of the rules I came to live by during my years of covering global trouble spots is: “Never assume that things can’t get worse.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

They say, ‘Why would he mention Hannibal Lecter? He must be cognitively in trouble.’

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Police said there was little trouble and few arrests had been made.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Was it right to connect a family in Amsterdam with the trouble here?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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